The San Diego Padres' ongoing quest for a World Series (or at least a playoff title). "You know that many runners enter a race, but only one of them wins the prize. So run to win! Athletes work hard to win a crown that cannot last, but we do it for a crown that will last forever." 1 Corinthians 9:24-25

Goodbye, Heath. Nice having you here.

San Diego Padres’ Heath Bell pumps his fist after striking out Pittsburgh Pirates’ Xavier Nady to end the eighth inning in their baseball game in San Diego, Sept. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

I’ve been a Padres fan for about five years, and I’ve seen the team go from full of star players to no better than a minor league team. Those star players didn’t help out on the winning side, but the Padres were much more glamorous five years ago.

The Padres don’t have any starpower anymore. You could probably argue for someone like Mat Latos or Nick Hundley, who have been here for a while, but they don’t have the kind of appeal Jake Peavy and Trevor Hoffman had when they were here. The organization has officially been left faceless. They have officially become a minor league team.

They’ve been playing like a minor league team long enough, and now our last real star player is gone, so that brings us down a level.

It’s so sad.

Then there’s another thing. We got rid of Mike Adams in July. Who on earth is going to close for us? At least we still have Luke Gregerson.

I say let’s bring back Trevor Hoffman. I’m sure he’s still got another season in him.

Well, Heath, we are going to miss you. Not only were you a decent closer, but you were a really entertaining guy. Best of luck with the Marlins and their strange-looking new uniforms.

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It’s like a Brett Favre to Aaron Rodgers kind of thing San Diego had. One great closer in Hoffman to another good closer in Bell.
It is sad to see one of your favorite players go and its even harder to write about it.http://brewerstoday.mlblogs.com/

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